Bosnia Eyalet

Bosnia Eyalet was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire that existed from 1580 to 1867, with Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Travnik serving as capitals at various points in the eyalet's existence. The eyalet was created out of the Ottomans' sanjak possessions in the region of Bosnia, and the province reached its territorial peak in 1683 as the result of the Ottoman wars with the Habsburgs. Following the end of the Great Turkish War in 1699, the eyalet's size significantly decreased. From 1703 to 1850, Travnik served as the capital, as Sarajevo had been destroyed by fire during the war. In 1831, the Bosnian kapudan Husein Gradascevic rebelled against the Ottomans and occupied Travnik, demanding autonomy and the end of military reforms in Bosnia. The Ottomans crushed the revolt and created a new eyalet of Herzegovina in 1833; this eyalet would be re-absorbed into Bosnia after just a short period of independence. In 1867, the eyalet was reformed into Bosnia Vilayet.